JessJess is the main character in this film.
She is sporty, hard-working, friendly, modest, respectful and smart. She really wants to be a professional football player but her parents won't approve because indian girls shouldn't play football they should be cooking and cleaning and looking for an Indian boyfriend.. She lies to her parents and sneaks so she can play football she hurts a lot of people by doing this but as she mends relationships with people, Jess realise that she doesn't want to break/ignore the culture she just wants to bend round it. |
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Quotes
Jess:
"Its not fair the boys never have to come home to help."
"Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham? "
"I didn't ask to be good at football, Gura Nanak must have blessed me. "